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Using + Social Media = Fail
I was at #Online09 ( Online Publishing ) at Olympia in London today to do a keynote in the Social Media Marketing theatre today. I'm delighted to say (and perhaps its a sign of the times) that the room was packed - standing room only. They even stayed until the end :-) I was kicking around what ...
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Belief, rock'n'roll and the danger of fans
I went to see New Model Army last night - the result of sitting next to lead singer Justin at a restaurant at Luton airport in the summer. Wasn't on the guest list or anything, it was just that the chance encounter inspired my wife and I to go. NMA have been touring in varying line ups for 25+ ...
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Video and slides: A new era for specialist media
As promised, here's the video of me presenting my keynote on 'A New Era For Specialist Media' at SIPA 09 (Online Marketing and Publishing Summit) in London, last week. It's shot on a flipcam - and mangled to add to vimeo (at sub 500mb for almost an hour of video) so don't expect a TV ...
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Putting people first remains the winning strategy
For many a long year, sensible CEO's have recognised that their greatest asset is their people. Certainly it was something drummed into managers back in the day when emap was growing fast (I worked in what started as a few East Midlands local papers and ended up as a North American and European ...
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A new era for specialist media?
I'm doing a keynote at SIPA 's (Specialist Information Publishers Association) online publishing and marketing summit this morning. As is my custom, I like to share my slides beyond the silo of the room :-) This is my brief, on the subject 'A new era for specialist media': Media fragmentation ...
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Measuring the real time web
Luke's Monitoring Social Media 09 event in London on Tuesday was an absolute triumph. The venue was packed (literally standing room only) the speakers excellent and the vibe businesslike rather than echo-chamberesque. Luke (one of our collaborators at 90:10 , by way of disclosure) asked me to ...
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The King of advice, alerts and assistance
I was fortunate enough to attend #140conf as one of the 'characters' at the O2 in London yesterday (courtesy of @jeffpulver ). I was therefore able to witness the crowning (quite literally folks) of one @stephenfry as 'King of Twitter'. Stephen spoke brilliantly about many of the themes I hold ...
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The impact and the etiquette of social media
Here's the slides I presented to the 157Group last week. The 157Group are the marcomms pros from the UK's leading colleges (judged by size and quality). I'm hoping I was able to help. The impact and etiquette of social media View more presentations from david cushman . By the ...
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The UK's most influential comms professionals - on twitter
Edelman has used its TweetLevel tool to name yours truly among the UK's top 10 most influential comms professionals on Twitter. You can read all about it in PR Week . I'm a sucker for these things - which means Edelman's TweetLevel gets the requisite mention on this blog (which is kind of ...
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How to make more pegs, more round, more often
Providing things that people need/want is at the core of any business. If there are round holes, you provide round pegs. That's the plan. Trouble is, life is a little more complex. The holes are rarely consistent in size or roundness. The pegs become best approximations. So we take the hammer ...
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Citizen journalism - and whose facts are they anyway?
Had a lot of fun on Jon Hansen's BlogTalk Radio Show on November 10, 2009 . His subject was, How will journalism survive the internet age?   Joining me on the international panel were Cenk Uygur, the HufPo writer (who gets 13m views for his Youtube channel), Baby Boomer agitator Ellen ...
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The future of jornalism. Blogtalk Radio. Today
This evening (8pm uk, 3pm EST) I'll be joining a panel on Jon Hansen's Blogtalk Radio show to discuss what journalism becomes - if it can exist at all - in the Internet age. Interesting question always, of course but with an added piquance in a week when News International's Rupert Murdoch ...
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Alan Moore on the 'the toxic tail end of the industrial age'
On November 17 I will be speaking at Monitoring Social Media in central London. Which is nice. If you're in London or anywhere close-ish, you should come. But if you happen to be on the other side of the Atlantic, I'll understand if you aren't there. Where you should be on that day is at MIT ...
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90:10 - Open For Business
Today I can finally announce I've embarked on a new journey - as Managing Director and co-founder of a new business: 90:10 . It's a journey that emphasises a meme close observers will have seen emerging in my work for quite some time (it's described in my Communities of Purpose paper written ...
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